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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pageant \Pag"eant\, a.
Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. ``Pageant pomp.''
--Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pageant \Pag"eant\, v. t.
To exhibit in show to represent; to mimic. [R.] ``He
pageants us.'' --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pageant \Pag"eant\ (p[a^]j"ent or p[=a]"jent; 277), n. [OE.
pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold or stage,
hence what was exhibited on it fr LL pagina, akin to
pangere to fasten; cf L. pagina page, leaf, slab,
compaginare to join together, compages a joining together,
structure. See {Pact}, {Page} of a book.]
1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. ``A pageant truly
played.'' --Shak.
To see sad pageants of men's miseries. --Spenser.
2. An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a
distinguished personage, or of the public; a show
spectacle, or display.
The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day ! --Pope.
We love the man, the paltry pageant you --Cowper.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pageant
n 1: an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc
usually involves a parade with rich costumes [syn: {pageantry}]
2: a rich and spectacular ceremony [syn: {pageantry}]
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